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Two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology, in a UK industry first.
RBS and NatWest customers must activate the feature with their security information, but would only need t...
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Blizzard, the games company behind World of Warcraft, has added an interface to assist users who have colour blindness.
It is adding three sets of colour-blind filters, and users will be able to fine tune the mode to take account of their particular v...
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Barbie is having a digital makeover, with the release of an internet-connected version of the iconic doll.
Toy maker Mattel is partnering with US start-up ToyTalk to develop Hello Barbie, which will have two-way conversations with children.
The Barbi...
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A developer edition of Sony's augmented reality smart glasses will go on sale in ten countries next month, the tech giant has announced.
Pre-orders for the SmartEyeglass, costing $840 (£620), are now being taken in the UK and Germany, with Ja...
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The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) draft rules for the use of drones in US airspace do not permit Amazon to launch its Amazon Air delivery service.
The draft rules state that pilots must remain within eyesight of their unmanned craft, alt...
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Kim Dotcom's US lawyer has denied that a guilty plea by one of the Megaupload's former employees has major implications for his client's case.
Andrus Nomm was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty on Friday to conspiracy to com...
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A leading security company says it has uncovered an "unprecedented" cyber-attack on up to 100 banks, which could result in $1bn (£648m) of losses.
But security experts are split over the severity of the alleged breaches, and on how much c...
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Public photos on Facebook could've been deleted with just four lines of code, says an online security researcher.
Laxman Muthiyah was playing around with Graph API - the tool which developers use to make Facebook apps.
Testing it on his own photos,...
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By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News, San Jose
Vint Cerf, a "father of the internet", says he is worried that all the images and documents we have been saving on computers will eventually be lost.
Currently a Google vice-president,...
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Apple has banned the practice of bonded labour - where new recruits are charged a fee - from its factories.
In its latest audit of factory conditions, the iPhone maker said that any such fee must be paid by its supplier and not the employee.
Apple be...
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